Canada Weekly Rig Count Up 19 to 189

Western Canada’s fleet of drilling rigs have risen again this week to 189 actively drilling rigs according to data collected by Baker Hughes for the week of June 30.

Drilling activity has increased the last month, and is still very active in comparison to last year’s count.

From one week ago, Alberta rig counts rose from 94 to 115, Saskatchewan rig counts decreased for the first time after six consecutive weeks of gains – current count at 46 which is down from 48 last week.